Student Innovation: Developing Mobile Apps for Learning

No. 3 in the LTG Case Studies in Innovative Practice Series. For the written case study please visit http://blogs.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg-casest.... Mobile devices such as phones and tablets can provide flexible and timely access to learning resources and learning experiences. Designing a mobile application to address a unique problem or serve a specific niche task is possible with some basic programming skills and an innovative idea. Helen Ginn, a Biochemistry undergraduate at Magdalen College developed CMol (http://cmol.org.uk/), an iPhone and iPad application that delivers beautiful, colourful and interactive 3D depictions of from the Protein Data Bank, enabling students and researchers to analyse proteins on the go.